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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
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INL’s new innovation incubator could link start-ups with an industry sponsor
Idaho National Laboratory is looking for a sponsor to invest $5 million–$10 million in a privately funded innovation incubator to support seed-stage start-ups working in nuclear energy, integrated energy systems, cybersecurity, or advanced materials. For their investment, the sponsor gets access to what INL calls “a turnkey source of cutting-edge American innovation.” Not only are technologies supported by the program “substantially de-risked” by going through technical review and development at a national laboratory, but the arrangement “adds credibility, goodwill, and visibility to the private sector sponsor’s investments,” according to INL.
Michiel J. L. de Hoon, Ehud Greenspan, Micah D. Lowenthal
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 974-979
Neutronics Experiments and Analysis (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963739
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A model has been developed to accurately calculate the nuclide inventories of the target constituents of Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) reactors such as HYLIFE-II. It can explicitly account for (1) the combined effects of activation during target implosion (by a high-amplitude flux) and while passing through the reactor chamber (by a low-amplitude flux); (2) decay during circulation in the primary coolant loop, after extraction from the coolant loop, and before re-insertion into the reactor chamber as a new target; (3) continuous extraction and feed-in of target material; and (4) replacement of part of the activation products by makeup materials. The solution strategy uses transition factors – the ratio of the amount of created nuclides to the initial amount – for each system component.
